AAH CALLS ON U.S. GOVT. TO SHUT DOWN MAJOR AMERICAN
MUSLIM ORGANIZATION

ICNA TOP DONOR TO OVERSEAS HAMAS FINANCIER

(Coral Springs, FL) Americans Against Hate (AAH), the terrorist watchdog group, is calling
on the United States government to shut down the offices and freeze the assets of the
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) for its role in the financing of Hamas. As well,
AAH is calling on the U.S. government to place the Muslim Brotherhood of Pakistan,
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), on the State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
(FTOs) for the same.

In August of 2006, just nine short months ago, JI announced
on its website that it had presented, via its charity
Al-Khidmat Foundation (AKF), a check
for $99 thousand (six million rupees) to the head
of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal. Mashaal thanked JI and stated
that Hamas would continue to wage Jihad (war) against
Israel.

ICNA was founded in 1971 as the American arm of JI. On
AKF's website, ICNA is listed
as the charity's two top donors, ICNA Relief USA and
ICNA Relief Canada. Another of the listed donors is ICNA's
charity, Helping Hand.

AAH Chairman Joe Kaufman stated, "We have incontrovertible evidence that ICNA is part of
JI and that JI is funding Hamas through a charity that ICNA is the top donor for. Given this
proof, there is no reason whatsoever for the future existence of ICNA. In addition, given JI's
financing of Hamas and given JI's communiqués with the leader of Hamas, there are clear grounds
for the placement of JI on the State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. We
call on the United States government to take immediate action, with respect to both of these
organizations."

To learn more about JI's and ICNA's financing of Hamas,
read Kaufman's FrontPage Magazine piece, 'Helping
Hand to Hamas.'